Bottle Sealing Assembly

ABSTRACT

A bottle sealing assembly includes a bottle that has a neck. A cap is removably engaged to the bottle for closing the bottle. An elongate panel is provided and the elongate panel is comprised of a non-adhesive material. A plurality of disks is each removably adhered to the elongate panel. A respective one of the disks is removable from the elongate panel and positioned over the bottle when the cap has been removed from the bottle. Furthermore, each of the disks is comprised of a compressible material thereby facilitating the disks to form a fluid impermeable seal between the bottle and the cap.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to bottle sealing devices and more particularlypertains to a new bottle sealing device for sealing a bottle when thebottle has already been opened. The device includes a bottle that has aneck and a cap that is threadable onto the neck. The device includes anelongate panel and a plurality of disks that is removably adhered to theelongate panel. Each of the disks is comprised of a compressiblematerial. Furthermore, a respective one of the disks is positionableover the neck and the cap is positioned on the bottle. The respectivedisk forms a fluid impermeable seal between the bottle and the cap toinhibit spillage of contents of the bottle particularly while packed orstored for travel.

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The prior art relates to bottle sealing devices including an elastic capfor a bottle for resealing the bottle. The prior art discloses a varietyof lids for fluid containers that each forms a fluid impermeable sealwith the fluid container for retaining freshness of the fluid in thefluid container. The prior art discloses a container lid that has aflexible panel integrated into the container lid for forming a fluidimpermeable seal with a container. The prior art discloses a bottle capdevice that includes a bottle cap, a glass insert disposed on thesilicone cap and a silicone gasket disposed on the glass insert.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a bottle that has a neck. A cap is removablyengaged to the bottle for closing the bottle. An elongate panel isprovided and the elongate panel is comprised of a non-adhesive material.A plurality of disks is each removably adhered to the elongate panel. Arespective one of the disks is removable from the elongate panel andpositioned over the bottle when the cap has been removed from thebottle. Furthermore, each of the disks is comprised of a compressiblematerial thereby facilitating the disks to form a fluid impermeable sealbetween the bottle and the cap. In this way the disk that is positionedon the bottle inhibits spillage.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a bottle sealing assemblyaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure showinga disk being positioned on a neck of a bottle.

FIG. 3 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosureshowing a disk being compressed between a bottle and a cap on thebottle.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an elongate panel of an embodiment ofthe disclosure and a plurality of disks each being removably adhered tothe elongate panel.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through4 thereof, a new bottle sealing device embodying the principles andconcepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated bythe reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4 , the bottle sealing assembly10 generally comprises a bottle 12 that has a neck 14. The neck 14 hasan outer surface 16 and an open end 18, and the outer surface 16 isthreaded. The bottle 12 may be a travel bottle designed for holdingliquids such as, but not limited to, mouthwash, shampoo, conditioner, orother products commonly packed away during travel. A cap 20 is removablyengaged to the bottle 12 for closing the bottle 12. The cap 20 has a topwall 22 and an outer wall 24 extending downwardly from the top wall 22,and the outer wall 24 has an inside surface 26 that is threaded. Theinside surface 26 threadably engages the outer surface 16 of the neck 14has the top wall 22 resting on the open end 18 of the bottle 12 when thecap 20 is threaded onto the bottle 12.

An elongate panel 28 is provided and the elongate panel 28 islongitudinally elongated. The elongate panel 28 is comprised of adeformable material and the elongate panel 28 is comprised of atranslucent material, which may comprise plastic or other similarmaterial. Furthermore, the elongate panel 28 is comprised of anon-adhesive material. The elongate panel 28 has an upper surface 30, afirst end 32 and a second end 34, and the elongate panel 28 is elongatedbetween the first end 32 and the second end 34.

A plurality of disks 36 is provided and each of the disks 36 isremovably adhered to the elongate panel 28. A respective one of thedisks 36 is removable from the elongate panel 28 and positioned over thebottle 12 when the cap 20 has been removed from the bottle 12. Each ofthe disks 36 is comprised of a compressible material, including but notbeing limited to rubber or silicone, thereby facilitating the disks 36to form a fluid impermeable seal between the bottle 12 and the cap 20.In this way the plurality of disks 36 can inhibit spillage of theproduct contained in the bottle 12.

Each of the disks 36 has a bottom surface 38 and a top surface 40, andthe bottom surface 38 of each of the disks 36 is removably adhered tothe upper surface 30 of the elongate panel 28. The disks 36 are spacedapart from each other and are distributed between the first end 32 andthe second end 34. The bottom surface 38 of the disk 36 that is removedfrom the elongate panel 28 is positioned on the open end 18 of the neck14 of the bottle 12. Furthermore, the disk 36 that is removed from theelongate panel 28 is folded downwardly over the outer surface 16 of theneck 14. In this way the disk 36 that is positioned on the open end 18of the neck 14 of the bottle 12 is compressed between the open end 18 ofthe neck 14 of the bottle 12 and the cap 20 when the cap 20 is threadedonto the neck 14. The bottom surface 38 of each of the disks maycomprise a mild adhesive for adhering the disks to the elongate panel28.

In use, the cap 20 is initially removed from the neck 14 of the bottle12 to facilitate the contents to be stored in the bottle 12 or used fromthe bottle 12. A respective one of the disks 36 is removed from theelongate panel 28 and the respective disk 36 is positioned on the neck14 of the bottle 12 when the contents have not been fully consumed.Additionally, the respective disk 36 is folded downwardly along the neck14 and the cap 20 is threaded onto the neck 14. In this way therespective disk 36 is compressed between the cap 20 and the neck 14 toform a fluid impermeable seal between the cap 20 and the bottle 12.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A bottle sealing assembly for sealing a bottle, saidassembly comprising: a bottle having a neck; a cap being removablyengaged to said bottle for closing said bottle; an elongate panel, saidelongate panel being longitudinally elongated, said elongate panel beingcomprised of a deformable material, said elongate panel being comprisedof a translucent material, said elongate panel being comprised of anon-adhesive material; and a plurality of disks, each of said disksbeing removably adhered to said elongate panel, a respective one of saiddisks being removable from said elongate panel and positioned over saidbottle when said cap has been removed from said bottle, each of saiddisks being comprised of a compressible material thereby facilitatingsaid disks to form a fluid impermeable seal between said bottle and saidcap wherein said plurality of disks are configured to inhibit spillagefrom said bottle.
 2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein: saidneck has an outer surface and an open end, said outer surface beingthreaded; said cap having a top wall and an outer wall extendingdownwardly from said top wall, said outer wall having an inside surfacebeing threaded, said inside surface threadably engaging said outersurface of said neck having said top wall resting on said open end ofsaid bottle when said cap is threaded onto said bottle;
 3. The assemblyaccording to claim 1, wherein: said elongate panel has an upper surface,a first end and a second end, said elongate panel being elongatedbetween said first end and said second end; and each of said disks has abottom surface and a top surface, said bottom surface of each of saiddisks being removably adhered to said upper surface of said elongatepanel, said disks being spaced apart from each other and beingdistributed between said first end and said second end.
 4. The assemblyaccording to claim 3, wherein: said neck has an outer surface and anopen end, said outer surface being threaded; and said bottom surface ofsaid disk that is removed from said elongate panel being positioned onsaid open end of said neck of said bottle having said disk that isremoved from said elongate panel being folded downwardly over said outersurface of said neck.
 5. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein saiddisk that is positioned on said open end of said neck of said bottlebeing compressed between said open end of said neck of said bottle andsaid cap when said cap is threaded onto said neck.
 6. A bottle sealingassembly for sealing a bottle, said assembly comprising: a bottle havinga neck, said neck having an outer surface and an open end, said outersurface being threaded; a cap being removably engaged to said bottle forclosing said bottle, said cap having a top wall and an outer wallextending downwardly from said top wall, said outer wall having aninside surface being threaded, said inside surface threadably engagingsaid outer surface of said neck having said top wall resting on saidopen end of said bottle when said cap is threaded onto said bottle; anelongate panel, said elongate panel being longitudinally elongated, saidelongate panel being comprised of a deformable material, said elongatepanel being comprised of a translucent material, said elongate panelbeing comprised of a non-adhesive material, said elongate panel havingan upper surface, a first end and a second end, said elongate panelbeing elongated between said first end and said second end; and aplurality of disks, each of said disks being removably adhered to saidelongate panel, a respective one of said disks being removable from saidelongate panel and positioned over said bottle when said cap has beenremoved from said bottle, each of said disks being comprised of acompressible material thereby facilitating said disks to form a fluidimpermeable seal between said bottle and said cap wherein said pluralityof disks are configured to inhibit spillage from said bottle, each ofsaid disks having a bottom surface and a top surface, said bottomsurface of each of said disks being removably adhered to said uppersurface of said elongate panel, said disks being spaced apart from eachother and being distributed between said first end and said second end,said bottom surface of said disk that is removed from said elongatepanel being positioned on said open end of said neck of said bottlehaving said disk that is removed from said elongate panel being foldeddownwardly over said outer surface of said neck, said disk that ispositioned on said open end of said neck of said bottle being compressedbetween said open end of said neck of said bottle and said cap when saidcap is threaded onto said neck.
 7. A method of sealing a bottle toinhibit spillage while stored for travel, the steps of the methodcomprising: providing a bottle having a neck, said neck having an openend and an outer surface; providing a cap having a top wall and an outerwall extending downwardly from said top wall, said outer wall threadablyengaging said outer surface of said neck such that said cap closes saidbottle; providing an elongate panel having a top surface; providing aplurality of disks each having a bottom surface, said bottom surface ofeach of said disks being removably adhered to said top surface of saidelongate panel, each of said disks being comprised of a compressiblematerial; removing said cap from said neck of said bottle; removing arespective one of said disks from said elongate panel; placing saidbottom surface of said respective disk on said open end of said neck;folding said disk downwardly along said outer surface of said neck; andscrewing said cap onto said neck such that said disk is compressedbetween said cap and said neck thereby sealing said bottle.